Nikon S2 vs Sony A5100

Sony A5100 advantages over Nikon S2

• Lens selection
  Good vs Limited
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Focus peaking
  Peaker vs Non-peaker
  Your camera will highlight what's in focus
• Larger sensor
  APS-C vs 1 inch
  More sensor area. Bigger is (generally) better.
• Bigger pixels
  ~ 3.92 vs 2.85 microns
  Better low-light and dynamic range (all else equal)
• Touchscreen
  Touch vs No touch
  Interact with your camera just like your smartphone
• Tiltable Screen
  Tiltable vs Fixed
  Tilt the screen for shooting flexbility
• Built-in Wi-Fi
  Wi-Fi vs None
  Share your photos wirelessly
• NFC
  Yes vs No
  Simplifies pairing your camera with supported phones
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  400 vs 270 shots
  Capture more photos
• Higher max flash sync
  1/160 vs 1/60 sec
  Reduce the effect of ambient light in flash shots
• Shoots 24p video
  Yes vs No
  Gives your movies a big-screen feel
• Higher-res screen
  230k vs 154k pixels
  More detail on the screen lets you judge focus and composition
• More pixels
  24.3 vs 14.2 megapixels
  Higher resolution photos
• Wider angle kit lens
  24 mm vs 30 mm
  Capture more of the scene with the included lens
• Higher extended ISO
  25600 vs 12800 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility